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Aug. 7, 2012

Debra White selected for highly competitive Robert Wood Johnson Foundation national nurse fellowship
Debra White, RN, MSN, MSA, ACNS-BC, NEA-BC, vice president and chief nursing officer at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, has been named one of only 20 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Executive Nurse Fellows from across the country for 2012. White joins a select group of nurse leaders chosen to participate in this three-year, world-class leadership development program that is enhancing nurse leaders’ effectiveness in improving the nation’s health care system.
Aug. 7, 2012

Katherine Howell named Chief Nurse Executive
Saint Luke’s South Hospital CEO Katherine A. Howell, RN, BSN, MBA, has been appointed senior vice president and chief nurse executive for Saint Luke’s Health System.
Jul. 17, 2012

Saint Luke’s Hospital ranked in U.S. News & World Report list of Best Hospitals
Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City ranks #6 in Missouri, #2 in the Kansas City metro area and is recognized among the Best Hospitals in northwestern Missouri according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Hospitals rankings, released today.
Jun. 26, 2012

Saint Luke’s Neuroscience Institute receives Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

Saint Luke’s Neuroscience Institute has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes Saint Luke’s Neuroscience Institute’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines.

Jun. 20, 2012

GE Healthcare names Saint Luke’s Neuroscience Institute its first healthymagination Stroke Solution Site

Saint Luke’s Neuroscience Institute (SLNI) has earned GE Healthcare’s healthymagination first-ever validation of a stroke program based on a rigorous third-party review by Oxford Analytica. The review showed that the program’s coordinated use of people, process, and technology yields better outcomes for people with strokes.

Jun. 18, 2012

Heart Institute named recipient of $646,499 PCORI pilot project to engage patients in a study of patient-centered outcomes in peripheral arterial disease
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute has been selected to receive $646,499 from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to engage patients in a study of patient-centered outcomes in peripheral arterial disease (PAD), PCORI announced today. The award is part of PCORI’s Pilot Projects Program, which will address a broad range of questions about methods for engaging patients in various aspects of the research and dissemination process.
Jun. 18, 2012

Heart Institute named recipient of $646,499 PCORI pilot project to engage patients in a study of patient-centered outcomes in peripheral arterial disease
Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute has been selected to receive $646,499 from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to engage patients in a study of patient-centered outcomes in peripheral arterial disease (PAD), PCORI announced today. The award is part of PCORI’s Pilot Projects Program, which will address a broad range of questions about methods for engaging patients in various aspects of the research and dissemination process.
Jun. 1, 2012

Gastric Bypass Success

George and Erin Hosler aren’t the couple they used to be.

May. 23, 2012

Valve Center at Saint Luke’s streamlines diagnosis and treatment

Building on a tradition of excellence in the treatment of heart valve disease, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute has established a comprehensive multidisciplinary Valve Center dedicated to the use of new transcatheter valve replacement therapies for patients with complex valvular disease. The center unites a highly skilled team of cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons offering diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment in one convenient location.